Cuff-holder.



No, 598,149. Pa tented A' p r. 22, M2.

|-:. SNEDEKE R.

'CUFF HOLDER.

(Application filed June 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELBERT'SNED EKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFEGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,149, dated April 22, 1902.

' Application filed June 20, 1901. Serial No. 65,372. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELBER'I SNEDEKER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvementsin cud-holders; and it is the object of the invention to combine with a button or like device which is adapted to be applied to a cuff a clasp of simple and cheap construction which will firmly grip the sleeve of the shirt so as to hold the culf in place when desired and yet be readily released from the sleeve to permit the wearer of the cuffs to lay them aside when the nature of his occupation or any other reason makes it desirable to dispense with cuffs.

Referring to the drawings which acco m pany .erably formed of sheet metal by stamping or punching and is provided with a bent-up crossrib a, forming a button "or head, the said head flaring outwardly and upwardly, as shown. Said plate A is also provided with the bent-up ears 0, in which is fastened the wire rod cl, which is of the proper length to extend to the buttonhole in the lower part of the cuif F, Fig. 3, and has any suitable device, as the button f, on its extremity. 'The rear end of plate A is bent up, as at o, to form a stop for the clasp proper, B. Said wire or pin d also serves as the pivot for the said clasp proper, B, which is formed of somewhat elastic metal and is arched, as shown, to

shown at b, the length of said clasp B being such that the curled end I) will snap over the aforesaid head no and engage tightly under the crown'thereof, as indicated in Fig. 2.

To apply the holder, the button f is inserted in the proper buttonhole of the cuff, and

then the clasp is secured on the shirt-sleeve .G at the edge of the usual wrist-slit thereof,

as shown in Fig. 3. The clasp is readily opened by holding the plate A steady with one hand and pulling on the curled end I) with the other hand.

The device can be used for other purposes than as acuff-holder, and then-the long rod 01 and button f may be omitted.

Now, having described myimprovements, I claim as my invention 7 1. The combination inacuff-holder, of arod provided with a device for fastening into a cuff-buttonhole, and a clasp attached to said rod and consisting of a base-plate provided with ahead and an arched spring-plate pivoted on said rod and adapted to snap over said head substantially as described.

2. The combination in a cuif-holder, of a base-plate A, a head a thereon, an arched clasp B pivoted'on said plate A, a curled end b scribed.

Signed at New York city this 12th day of June, 1901. I

I ELBERT SNEDEKER. Witnesses: I

HENRY V. BROWN, FRANK FRITSOH. 

